| If you are finicky about electrical appliances actually functioning in your house or having the lights on, you shouldn't live here. |
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| It was fairly simple for commercial growers to transplant cacao and coffee to new plantations, but yerba mate proved to be a finicky crop. |
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| She should be at the bakery, serving finicky customers and drowning in flour. |
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| And also, though I am house-proud and finicky, I also know when and how to delegate. |
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| I had spent most of my life convinced that she was no different than the finicky gods of Greek and Roman mythology and other ancient mythologies. |
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| The limited dynamic range of the soundtrack is an indication of the relative age of Spartacus, but only finicky audiophiles should mind too much. |
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| I'll just take the rest of that for my finicky friend here and relieve you of the burden of eating it. |
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| A beautiful, well constructed, accurate but finicky handgun is really not an option. |
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| With finicky precision, he models turntables, scuffed trainers, tape decks and BMX bikes. |
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| We didn't anticipate that we'd appeal to both finicky kids and discriminating chefs. |
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| It is an arena in which far too much time is being spent attending to finicky details within details. |
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| In a market economy, finicky customers have the upper hand in choosing products and services. |
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| The interface to the game is rather finicky at times and does require some specific targeting when attempting to point at a person or object. |
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| The wild-mushroom fettuccine tasted flat, but a platter of crabmeat ravioli elicited murmurs of satisfaction from the finicky eaters at my table. |
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| The coherer was very finicky and unreliable in operation, so there was a vigorous search for an alternative. |
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| Vanessa owned an Interior Design Company, which was naturally funded by her finicky customers and millionaire father. |
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| I have indeed been accused of that very thing, but then maybe its because of my keen sense of smell that I am so finicky. |
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| I was a very finicky eater, but I have learned, over time, to appreciate many foods, even eggplant. |
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| You may be too easily irritated or despondent, exasperating friends and family with exacting demands and finicky attitudes. |
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| I am extremely finicky about my household chores, I would possibly leave only one item for my maid to go and fetch from the market. |
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| Mountain bike tires can be notoriously finicky to seat onto a rim and often require compressed air or a high-volume pump to create the critical airtight seal. |
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| He too remembers some finicky editor turning his preference into a fetish. |
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| The finicky Chuan is also very particular about his clothing. |
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| He was so finicky about it and always kept it in perfect place. |
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| Offering table scraps is not recommended because it encourages begging, and may create a finicky eater. |
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| Some cats are finicky eaters and have digestive sensitivities, which can result in loose stools or even diarrhea. |
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| Feed alphabet soup to a cute, but finicky Freddy and keep him entertained in this loveable Word game. |
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| Electrons released by solar energy-absorbing polymers are finicky and often jump back to the polymer instead of transmitting into electricity. |
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| In the 14th century, Gothic sculpture became more refined and elegant and acquired a mannered daintiness in its elaborate and finicky drapery. |
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| Recently, they have been required to become more finicky, particularly in high-risk countries. |
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| If learners find using a piece of cotton thread too finicky, a thin strip of white paper can be used instead. |
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| A perfectionist, with a penchant for mathematics, Ascencio was known for his finicky polishing of the smallest of details in his composition. |
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| It's difficult for finicky cats to get the nutrients they need from their food. |
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| As your baby becomes more strong-willed, it can seem like he's getting more finicky by the day. |
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| Stamped with the Poinçon de Genève, it meets the rigorous standard of technical and esthetic excellence of this finicky regulation. |
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| Stimulates finicky appetite with a selection of highly palatable ingredients and exclusive aromas. |
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| Chihuahua 28TM helps to strengthen the heart, stimulates finicky appetites and reduces stool odour. |
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| In such situations, it's a good idea to tweak your cat's diet to keep her from turning too finicky. |
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| Indeed, in a cluttered world where one company's product can be nearly identical to another's, quality service is often the deciding factor for finicky customers. |
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| More frustration is derived from some levels that require finicky control. |
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| The price reflects its rarity as well, but also the finicky, difficult, and nuanced process of making Champagne. |
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| While the Luger is a finely-made gun, it really is not a finicky one. |
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| I wonder too whether some of the finicky, micro-reforms in the past two Budgets have been so super-sophisticated that poorer voters simply haven't noticed them. |
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| Overall it has a very nice look, not worthy of complaint except from the more finicky of videophiles and DVD reviewers who look for such minor flaws as part of their job. |
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| Many Americans have become olive aficionados, finicky about their picholines and arbequinas, Kalamatas and Cerignolas. |
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| Having reached their 30s or 40s, when they can no longer do mind-numbing, fast-paced and finicky work on production lines, they will often go back to the countryside. |
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| Jonathan Cooper, of the University of Glasgow, thinks the technique could do away with bulky laboratory equipment, with all its finicky moving parts. |
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| He finds Lonoff by turns blunt and as finicky as a floorwalker. |
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| Some did, indeed, seem to have been finicky. |
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| The Big Mac is becoming a victim of finicky tastes. |
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| Expert drinkers can be just as finicky — the mixologist brandishing an atomizer, or Winston Churchill, gazing upon a closed bottle of vermouth while making his Martini. |
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| One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it compile on some systems. |
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| Perhaps my problem is that I am a cat woman. I can't imagine any finicky feline slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does. |
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| Two lantanas that are blooming now appreciate the sun, but are not finicky about soil condition. |
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| Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval. |
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| Some units require calibration and may be finicky to work with. |
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| The kids can be very finicky about what they like and don't like to do. |
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| However, this is also an area in which the European institutions have least power, although they are very fond of finicky regulations in other areas where centralisation is not required. |
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| Which makes those finicky elephants very, very happy. |
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| The receiver technology is especially finicky. |
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| Sure, there are problems with the regulations, but they result from an outrageously bureaucratic and overly finicky application rather than from the regulations themselves. |
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